Chapter 3 Maxim 1~20

1.Everything in the world is perfect, and to be a true morally perfect person is the pinnacle of perfection in the universe. It takes more effort to create a sage in today's world than to create the seven sages in ancient Greece.The world today spends more energy and material resources on dealing with one individual than it did on an entire nation in the past. 2.Personality and intelligence are the two bases for developing human natural resources Those who wish to develop their talents naturally must rely on both their character and their intelligence.If you only rely on one of them, you can only achieve half the success.You can't achieve great things by being smart alone, you have to have a smart personality that suits you.The reason why fools fail is that they act regardless of their specific conditions, status, family background and friendship.

3.Don't make what you do public Unexpected success is often the most convincing people.The overly obvious is neither useful nor interesting.Being slow to take a stand can keep people guessing, especially if your status is important enough to arouse expectations.Mystery wins respect by virtue of its mystery.Even if you have to tell the truth, it's best to avoid telling everything.Don't let everyone see you inside and out.Caution is maintained by careful silence.Disclosure of what you are determined to do rarely earns respect and often invites criticism.If they end badly after the fact, you are more likely to be doubly unlucky.If you really want to be admired and worshiped by people, learn from the gods who walk but don't speak.

4.Knowledge requires courage to achieve greatness Knowledge and courage are immortal, so you can be immortal.What kind of knowledge you have mastered is what kind of person you become.If you have true wisdom, you can do whatever you want.The ignorant and ignorant are not the same as the self-contained dark world.Physical strength and judgment are like hands and eyes.Wisdom without courage will not bear fruit. 5.Cultivate people's dependence on you The reason why a god is a god is not because people worship its statues, but because people worship it sincerely.A truly wise man would rather have people need him than have people thank him.A polite wish is more valuable than worldly thanks, because if you ask for something, you will never forget it, and words of thanks are nothing more than prompting people to forget.Rather than others being polite to you, it is better for others to be dependent on you.Those who drink enough water from the well often leave the well; oranges often turn from golden to muddy after being squeezed for juice.Once you are no longer dependent on you, you will no longer be respectful to you. The most important lesson that experience has revealed to people is: maintain others' dependence on you, and don't fully meet their needs.This method can even bring kings under your control.But you must not go too far in this practice, and do not lead people astray by merely leading them away, nor do you ignore the sickness of others for your own benefit.

6.perfection Man is not born perfect.You have to cultivate both virtue and karma every day, keep making progress, and eventually become a perfect person, so that your nature will be perfect and your reputation will be prominent.A perfect man is characterized by refined taste, pure intellect, clarity of will, and sound judgment.Some people can never be perfect and always lack something.Others need a long time to practice before they can see the initial results.Those who are good and beautiful are always wise in words, cautious in actions, and careful, and the upper class is always willing to associate with them and enjoy their company.

7.don't look smarter than your boss Being outdone by others is irritating, so if your boss is outdone by you, it is not only stupid for you, but deadly.Thinking of yourself as superior is always disgusting, and it is especially easy to arouse the envy of your superiors and lords. Therefore, you can carefully cover up ordinary advantages. For example, if you are too good-looking, you might as well use some kind of defect to offset it.Most people don't mind being surpassed in luck, character, and temperament, but no one (especially a leader) likes being surpassed in intelligence.Because intelligence is the king of personality traits, offending it is a heinous crime.To lead is always to show that you are superior to everyone else in everything that matters.A king likes to be assisted, but he doesn't like to be surpassed.If you want to give advice to someone, you should make it appear that you are just reminding him of something that he already knew but accidentally forgot, rather than something that you have to solve a puzzle to understand. From the situation of the stars in the sky, I realized that although the stars are bright, they dare not be brighter than the sun.

8.The highest spiritual quality of a person is not to be at the mercy of impulsive emotions Use your self-esteem to shield you from vulgar, fleeting impressions.There is no greater victory than victory over oneself and one's own impulses: for it is a victory of the will.Even when passion affects you, don't let it affect your status, especially if your status is important to you.This is a smart way to avoid trouble and a quick way to gain the respect of others. 9.Avoid Your Homegrown Flaws Whether the river is good or bad is always related to the quality of the riverbed soil; no matter where a person is born, he must inherit the high quality and bad quality of the place.Some people are more favored by their hometown and town than others, because they were born in the Qing Dynasty.There is always some inherent defect in any country, even if it is highly civilized.It is these flaws that give neighboring countries a sense of security and a sense of masturbation.Whoever can overcome or at least conceal such national defects will win the battle.Once you have achieved this, you will be respected by your fellow-citizens as an outstanding person, because unexpected success is most respected.Other defects arise from people's origin, condition, occupation, and time.If all these defects are manifested in one person without being foreseen and corrected, this person will become a monster that cannot be tolerated in the world.

10.fame and luck One is enduring, and the other is indefinite.The former often falters late, while the latter can help others live happily.Good fortune must guard against envy; Fame must guard against oblivion.You can wish for good luck, and sometimes you can work hard to bring it about; but all fame is based on consistent hard work.The desire for fame is rooted in strength and exuberant energy.From ancient times to the present, fame has always been accompanied by giants, and it always tends to extremes: if it is not a hero, it is a genius hero; if it is notorious, it is well-known. 11.Make friends with those who can teach you

Let friendship help to learn, and let conversation help to teach each other.To make a friend your teacher, let the usefulness of learning and the pleasure of conversation be organically combined.Be happy to be in the company of people with high understanding.What you say must applaud your hearers, and what you hear must inform you.Normally, it is our own interest that brings us to others, and therefore this interest is noble.Prudent men haunt the gates of heroes: this is the arena of heroism, not the palace of fame.Some are famous for their learning and good judgment: they lead by example, they are kind to others, they are famous all over the world, and their like-minded people form a school of wisdom and elegance.

12.Natural and artificial, material and processing All beauty needs a foil.Perfection becomes barbaric if it is not sublimated by skilled artisans.Human power saves the evil and makes the good good.Heaven's work often disappoints us when we need it most, so we have to retreat to man.Even the best temperament is vulgar without human refinement.Perfection without cultural edification is only half-finished perfection.People always look too rough and unsophisticated without artificial decoration.Therefore, perfection requires artificial carving. 13.Prophet other people's thoughts, and then wait for the opportunity to act

Human life is a war against evil and evil.The weapons of the cunning are nothing but cunning, and his usual tricks are slapping things.Pretending to aim at a target, pretending to attack it in a serious manner, but in the bottom of my heart, I am secretly targeting someone who is not paying attention, and then waiting for the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.Sometimes it seems to reveal its own thoughts inadvertently, but in fact it is deceiving others' attention and trust, with the purpose of suddenly being uncharacteristically and winning by surprise at the right time.People who are perceptive often intercept this kind of trick after silently observing it, and ambushe it cautiously; by observing its superficial intentions and making a counter-examination, they can immediately see through its false deeds.Smart people often let go of the opponent's first intention in order to draw out their second and even third intentions.Once the trickster sees his plot exposed, he disguises it more elaborately, often telling the truth to attract the bait.They changed their tactics, pretending to be simple and honest but actually selling what they want.Sometimes the frankness of the heart is taken to the extreme, but there is still a cunning hidden in the bones.However, a discerning person sees through all these, and can always catch a glimpse of the shadow under the bright appearance. He deciphers the other party's true feelings, and knows that the most innocent voice on the surface is actually hiding a deep evil intention.Such was the case with the basilisk Pizon, who exhausted his mind to wrestle with the candid light of insight of the god Apollo.

①In ancient Greek mythology, the basilisk hatched from the sludge of the great flood of Deucalion, and was later killed by the god Apollo at the foot of Mount Parnassus in Greece. -- Ze Zhe Note 14.Reality and Grace Just because you have the real thing in your stomach doesn't mean everything will be fine: you also have to be careful to match the environment.Poor manners will make Pepsi embarrassed, and even justice and justice will make it sour.If you are charming, you often hide all your ugliness: even saying "no" in refusal is grandiose; it can sweeten the truth and youthful the old face.How you behave is very important, and pleasant demeanor can often make people overwhelmed.Wonderful grace is the treasure of life.Words and deeds are decent, so that people can be safe and sound in any adversity. 15.recruit wise men There are many counselors and strategists around the strong to make everything go smoothly; once the strong are in a deadlock due to their own knowledge, these counselors will help them turn the danger into safety, and work hard on their behalf.It is really a rare virtue to be good at using wise men.This is much better than the savage taste of Tigranes, who always wanted to make the conquered princes his servants. The new way of dominating others in the most important affairs of life is: skillfully making those who are blessed with talents Surrender to me.Floating life is short, and knowledge is boundless; if knowledge is insufficient, life will be difficult.If you want to achieve success without studying hard, it requires extraordinary skills, that is, to use the learning of others to broaden your talents, and finally achieve the culmination of what everyone has learned.To do this, you have to go to the public and become everyone's spokesperson.You will speak for as many wise men and saints as you can; by the blood and sweat of others, you will be famous.Choose a topic in advance, and then let the people around you show their talents and draw out their true knowledge.If you have difficulty making knowledge your servant, make it your friend. ① The Aguanian monarch in the 1st century BC conquered Parthia.He is very contemptuous and cruel to the captured monarchs, and often drives them as servants. 16.Learning must be rich, ambition must be sincere Learning to be rich and sincere will surely make you succeed immediately.If a person's understanding and mind are wrong, it is not only not a good relationship, it is like brutal rape. Maliciousness usually poisons perfection, and if it is combined with knowledge to help torture, the harm is even more serious. No matter what kind of genius, if you have bad intentions, you will be punished Bad news.Knowledge without discernment is double madness. 17. Constantly change your style of doing things Constantly changing your approach will confuse people, especially your opponents, arouse their curiosity and distract them.If you always act on your first thought, over time others will predict your course of action and thwart it.It is easy to kill a bird that flies in a straight line, but difficult to kill a bird that changes its flight path.And don't always act according to your second thought. If you redo everything twice, others will see through the mechanism.People with malicious intentions are trying to plot against you all the time, so you have to be more careful in order to get ahead of you.A chess player with superb chess skills will never play chess that is in the opponent's arms, let alone let the opponent lead him by the nose to play chess. 18.strength and hard work To be famous, you must have both strength and spirit.With these two, great fame is even more powerful.A mediocre person with a spirit of hard work is more successful than a brilliant person without a spirit of hard work.To create real performance.Those who are willing to make great efforts will be famous.Some people don't even want to do the simplest things.Whether to interfere or not is almost always related to a person's temperament.If it's a minor job, it doesn't matter if you're mediocre, because you can justify yourself by saying you're undervalued.But it makes no sense to be content with being mediocre in the humblest of jobs and not to excel in the most noble ones.Accomplishments and big capital are both needed, but only with the help of real spirit can the two be perfect. 19.Don't set high expectations when things start What is praised rarely lives up to expectations.Reality is always difficult to synchronize with imagination.It is not difficult to imagine perfection in something; the difficulty is to actually achieve that perfection.Imagination and desire are always married to produce something very different from the real thing.No matter how wonderful something is, it always fails to satisfy our preconceived ideas, and the imagination feels cheated.Therefore beautiful things often cause disappointment more than admiration, and hope is a liar, which must be controlled with good judgment, so that the actual pleasure exceeds our original expectations. The honourable beginning should be mainly to arouse curiosity, and Not to reinforce people's expectations.We're happier when reality exceeds our expectations, or when something turns out to be better than we thought it would be.But this principle does not apply to bad things: when an evil is exaggerated in advance, people will turn to applaud it when they later find out the truth.So what had been thought to be destructive now seemed tolerable. 20.About those born at the right time The truly outstanding figures depend on the times.Not all of them can be born at the right time, or even though they are born at the right time, they cannot be moved by the time.Some people should have lived in better times, because the good and the good don't always win.There is a time for everything to happen, and some outstanding characters meet the time and lose the time.But human wisdom has one advantage after all: it is eternal.Even if this is not the time for her to be successful, there are always many other opportunities for her to show her talents.